Enhancement of transdermal drug delivery via synergistic action of chemicals |
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Authors: | Pankaj Karande |
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Institution: | a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA b Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA |
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Abstract: | Transdermal drug delivery is an attractive alternative to conventional techniques for administration of systemic therapeutics. One challenge in designing transdermal drug delivery systems is to overcome the natural transport barrier of the skin. Chemicals offer tremendous potential in overcoming the skin barrier to enhance transport of drug molecules. Individual chemicals are however limited in their efficacy in disrupting the skin barrier at low concentrations and usually cause skin irritation at high concentrations. Multicomponent mixtures of chemicals, however, have been shown to provide high skin permeabilization potency as compared to individual chemicals without necessarily causing irritation. Here we review systems employing synergistic mixtures of chemicals that offer superior skin permeation enhancement. These synergistic systems include solvent mixtures, microemulsions, eutectic mixtures, complex self-assembled vesicles and inclusion complexes. Methods for design and discovery of such synergistic systems are also discussed. |
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Keywords: | Transdermal Synergy High throughput Enhancer Chemical |
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